Fort Hancock is 2-8 against Van Horn since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Fort Hancock Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Van Horn Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Fort Hancock will head into Tuesday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They took a blow against Wink, falling 72-34. The game marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Van Horn unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 40-28 to McCamey. Having soared to a lofty 55 points in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Defeat or not, Van Horn got some senior leadership from Joey Anchondo and David Baeza. Anchondo went 6 for 15 en route to 13 points, while Baeza posted 11 points. That was a full 46.4% of Van Horn's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points.
Fort Hancock's loss dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Van Horn, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-9.
Fort Hancock ended up a good deal behind Van Horn in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, losing 44-28. Will Fort Hancock have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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